Why Someone Looks Good After a Few Drinks - KCBD NewsChannel 11 Lubbock

8/20/02

Why Someone Looks Good After a Few Drinks

A new study is shedding light on the connection between alcohol and the way the brain perceives beauty. The theory is that alcohol stimulates a part of the brain called the nucleus accumbens, which processes beauty.

Researchers in Scotland found after studying 120 university students that after two beers or four glasses of wine, there was a 25% increase in attraction to someone of the opposite sex. The study was conducted at Glasgow University.

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